HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90325)

Appendix E 273
CD-ROM Resources
Copying Tapes for Distribution
2. Load the tape or tapes on which you want to make the copy. Be sure that the tapes you
are copying to are write-enabled. Note the LDEV number or numbers of the tape drive
or drives.
NOTE For half-inch magnetic tapes only: When copying from a master CSLT
tape to a disk file then to another tape, the copy tape must be the same length
or greater than the original master tape from which the disk file was made.
Because magnetic tapes can vary in length by up to 200 feet, the following
error may occur at the end of the copy process:
COPY# on LDEV # is bad. The tape may be too short or an I/O
error occurred
You can consider recreating the master on a shorter tape. Otherwise, you can
try the copy process again using a different (longer) tape for the copy.
3. Invoke SLTCOPY on any terminal. You do not need to be on the system console. However,
you will need to answer tape requests at the system console.
:SLTCOPY
The SLTCOPY menu is displayed:
Select mode (? = help):
1 Copy tape to disk file
2 Copy disk file to tape
3 Copy tape to tape
Which option do you wish to use < Enter 'E' to exit>?
4. Type 2 in response to the prompt about which option you want to use:
Which option do you wish to use < Enter 'E' to exit>? 2
5. SLTCOPY asks the name of the disk file you want to copy onto tape. In the following
example text, the file name TAPE1R55 is used. In its place, specify the name you
assigned to the disk file that you now want to copy to tape. The file description is then
displayed.
Old disk file name? TAPE1R55
Description: File contains tape 1 Release 5.5 CSLT.
Version: 1
Create date: FRI, MAR 25, 1994, 5:58 PM MPE/iX SLT TAPE
Correct [YES]? [RETURN]
If you press [RETURN] in response to “Old disk file name?”, you will return to the main
SLTCOPY menu.
6. SLTCOPY then asks for the number of copies. Type the number of copies you are making
at this time. (This number must correspond to the number of tapes you have mounted
on tape drives.)
Enter the number of copies (1-9):
You need to have more than one tape drive on the system to make more than one copy
at a time. So to make six tape copies, you need to have six tape drives connected to the
system.